Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ballotage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bal-lotage
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a runoff election.

Etymology

From French ballotage, ballottage.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: ballotage

Inflected Forms

ballotages (plural)

Questions

What does ballotage mean?: In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a runoff election.
Where does ballotage come from?: It is traced to French.

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